2022 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament

2022 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	7
Matches	6
Attendance	1,910
Site	Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium (Semifinals & Final) Springfield, Missouri
Champions	Missouri State (4rd title)
Winning coach	Michael Seabolt (3rd title)
MVP	Harry Townsend (Missouri State)
Broadcast	ESPN+
Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament «2021   2023»

2022 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Missouri State‡	6	–	0	–	2			12	–	2	–	4
Drake	5	–	2	–	1			7	–	4	–	4
Evansville	3	–	2	–	3			8	–	5	–	6
Belmont	2	–	2	–	4			7	–	4	–	7
UIC	3	–	4	–	1			5	–	9	–	2
SIU Edwardsville	2	–	6	–	0			5	–	9	–	2
Bradley	1	–	6	–	1			5	–	11	–	3
‡ – 2022 MVC Tournament champion + – At-large invitation to the 2022 NCAA tournament As of December 13, 2022 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: MVC

The 2022 Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer tournament was the postseason men's soccer tournament for the Missouri Valley Conference held from November 6 through November 13, 2022. The First Round was held at campus sites. The semifinals and finals took place at Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium in Springfield, Missouri. The seven-team single-elimination tournament consisted of three rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The defending champions were the Missouri State Bears, who successfully defended their title by defeating Evansville 1–0 in the final. ^{[1] [2]} This was the secondd straight year that Missouri State and Evansville played in the title game. The conference tournament title was the fourth, and third in a row for the Missouri State men's soccer program, and third for head coach Michael Seabolt. ^[3] As tournament champions, Missouri State earned the Missouri Valley's automatic berth into the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament.

Seeding

All seven Missouri Valley Conference men's soccer programs qualified for the 2022 Tournament. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference record and tiebreakers were used to determine seedings of teams that finished with the same record. A tiebreaker was required to determine the fourth and fifth seeds in the tournament as UIC and Belmont both finished the season with 10 points in regular season play. The teams drew 3–3 during their regular season match-up, so goal differential in league play was used as the second tiebreaker. UIC earned the fourth seed as they finished with a +2 goal difference while Belmont was the fifth seed after finishing with a -2 goal difference. ^{[4] [5]}

Seed	School	Conference Record	Points
1	Missouri State	6–0–2	20
2	Drake	5–2–1	16
3	Evansville	3–2–3	12
4	UIC	3–4–1	10
5	Belmont	2–2–4	10
6	SIU Edwardsville	2–6–0	6
7	Bradley	1–6–1	4

Bracket

Source: ^[6]

Teams were re-seeded after the first round.

	Quarterfinals Sunday, Nov. 6					Semifinals Thursday, Nov. 10					Final Sunday, Nov. 13
						1	Missouri State	2
						7	Bradley	0
	2	Drake	1
	7	Bradley	2
											1	Missouri State	1
											3	Evansville	0
	3	Evansville	1
	6	SIU Edwardsville	0
						3	Evansville	1
						5	Belmont	0
	4	UIC	0
	5	Belmont	1

Schedule

Quarterfinals

#2 Drake v #7 Bradley

November 6	#2 Drake	1–2	#7 Bradley	Des Moines, IA
12:00 p.m. CT	Declan Watters  21' Leroy Enzugusi 80',  87' AJ Franklin  83' Bradan Allen  87'	Report	50' Jack Douglas 62' Anthony Calleri  78' Jared Sinnaeve  79' Pepe Mellado  85' Kaloyan Somov	Stadium: Cownie Sports Complex Attendance: 216 Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov Assistant referees: Jacob Larson Assistant referees: Tyler Turner Fourth official: Haris Mujic

#4 UIC v #5 Belmont

November 6	#4 UIC	0–1	#5 Belmont	Chicago, IL
1:00 p.m. CT	Manny Cerritos  67'	Report	16' Ayden von Essen  37' Kyle Barks  45'  54' Esteban Leiva	Stadium: Flames Field Attendance: 211 Referee: Nicholas Balcer Assistant referees: Jason White Assistant referees: Justin Tatsak Fourth official: Michael Kennedy

#3 Evansville v #6 SIU Edwardsville

November 6	#3 Evansville	1–0	#6 SIU Edwardsville	Evansville, IN
2:00 p.m. CT	Team  22' Ola Arntsen  39' Ethan Garvey  75' Jose Vivas 75'	Report	24' Ignacio Abeal Pou  68' Owen Hardy  81' Max Broughton	Stadium: Arad McCutchan Stadium Attendance: 702

Semifinals

#3 Evansville v #5 Belmont

November 10	#3 Evansville	1–0	#5 Belmont	Springfield, MO
3:00 p.m. CT	Ola Arntsen 65' Evan Dekker  79' Jose Vivas  80'	Report	77' Riley Clothier  87' Jansen Wilson	Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium Attendance: 137 Referee: Andrew Ellsworth Assistant referees: Shane Kennard Assistant referees: Shane Cowger Fourth official: Tim Wagner

#1 Missouri State v #7 Bradley

November 10	#1 Missouri State	2–0	#7 Bradley	Springfield, MO
6:00 p.m. CT	Kian Yari 31' Jon Koka 71'	Report		Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium Attendance: 387 Referee: Calin Radosav Assistant referees: Daniel Ortega Assistant referees: Misael Cordero Fourth official: Dion Webb

Final

#1 Missouri State v #3 Evansville

November 13	#1 Missouri State	1–0	#3 Evansville	Springfield, MO
1:00 p.m. CT	Jesus Barea  37' James Jennings 59' Jack Denton  72' Michael Peck  83'	Report	37' Jose Vivas  56' Carlos Barcia	Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium Attendance: 257 Referee: Nikola Aleksic Assistant referees: Daniel Ortega Assistant referees: Tim Wagner Fourth official: Andrew Ellsworth

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 9 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 1.5 goals per match (as of November 13, 2022).

1 goal

• Ayden Von Essen – Belmont
• Anthony Calleri – Bradley
• Jack Douglas – Bradley
• Leroy Enzugusi – Drake
• Ola Arnsten – Evansville
• Jose Vivas – Evansville
• James Jennings – Missouri State
• Jon Koka – Missouri State
• Kian Yari – Missouri State

All-Tournament team

Source: ^[7]

Player	Team
Damian Segura	Drake
Oskar Lenz	SIU Edwardsville
Paul Brauckmann	UIC
Jackson Fyda	Bradley
Erik Catus
Dylan Steely	Belmont
Michael Saunders
Ethan Garvey	Evansville
Jose Vivas
Ola Arntsen
Lewis Green	Missouri State
Michael Peck
James Jennings
Harry Townsend

MVP in bold

References

1. "2021 MVC Men's Soccer Championship". Missouri Valley Conference . Retrieved February 18, 2022.
2. "2022 MVC Men's Soccer Championship". Missouri Valley Conference . Retrieved July 14, 2023.
3. "Men's Soccer Records" (PDF). Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
4. "Bracket Set for 2022 MVC Men's Soccer Championship". mvc-sports.com. Missouri Valley Conference. November 2, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
5. "2022 Men's Soccer Conference Statistics". mvc-sports.com. Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
6. "2022 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Soccer Championship". mvc-sports.com. Missouri Valley Conference. November 13, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
7. "MMSOC Tournament Championship: Missouri State 1, Evansville 0". mvc-sports.com. Missouri Valley Conference. November 13, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2023.